Pentagon Claims 'Full Understanding' of What Would Be Needed for War

After weeks of conflicting reports on whether or not they were planning in the first place, the Pentagon is now confirming that not only did they conduct planning for an attack on Syria, but that the planning is now completed for such an attack.

In March Dempsey had claimed a “commanders’ estimate level of detail” and that detailed planning wouldn’t take place until it was requested by either President Obama or Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.

According to today’s CNN report, much of the planning has centered around Jordan, and US special forces are already on the ground “advising” Jordan on their possible options to take against Syria. Officials added that Syria’s chemical weapons sites were “getting a fair amount of attention” in the talks with Jordan.

antihistamines, in case soldiers are allergic to all those flowers, check
large buckets for candy, check
corrupt exiles with fanciful tales being fed to media, check
now we just need to destroy their economy, food water and electricity and shower them with high explosives, then stand back and watch freedom and democracy flourish.

08oo

You can be sure that they already have a new puppet government of US-educated exiles ready.

Watson

Add: Another opportunity to destroy a secular government and replace it with raging rival religious factions, just as we did in Iraq.

mojo

"Africom Forms Military Relationship With Libya"

"By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
STUTTGART, Germany, June 15, 2012 – Operation Odyssey Dawn, the U.S. Africa Command-led U.S. mission in Libya last year, imparted important lessons the Defense Department’s newest combatant command is applying as it welcomes a new African partner to the fold while still dealing with some of the residual challenges left by the former regime, the Africom commander said”.

Look we said that from the beginning that Libyan war is about Africa and for America to have a military base there, that's never happened before so by starting the Libyan war Obama got one of his political agendas in place and expending the NATO presence in Africa. With Syria is the same scenario US wants to occupy the entire northern part of the Persian Gulf from Lebanon to Afghanistan so they started with Syria wanting the regime change or a full terrorists – proxy wars, US and NATO love to go back into Iraq, they haven't moved the US military personnel from Kuwait, US and NATO wants to have a regime change in Iraq and Iran so they can occupy these countries one way or the other, if the plan, which is a Paul Wolfowitz plan, succeeds then US will have the upper hand in world economy dominating it by dominating the world energy. As long as the vulture capitalism dominates the US politics the American sons and daughters would be sent to wars in Asia and Africa if not all over the world, look there is no democracy within the US democratic party, the mechanism of this party is the same as republicans, the starting point of their policies are different, those whom are for more and more wars are in dominating positions while people have no idea what the manifest of the democratic or the republican party is stands for. Is it the constitution of USA, then why all these illegal wars committed by the US government, is it the moral obligating of the US government, then why there are so many homeless people and poverty exist in USA.., and Etc.

Johnny Get Yer Nuke

For war 24 7 365 turn to the Amerikan gummit.

War, war and more war. Our rulers would have it no other way.

The War Party is dancing in the streets…

Nathan

“…to take any pretext they are given by the UN as a full-scale imprimatur for war.”

Am I missing something or this is just loose talk. Who is UN with Russia’s and China’s veto? Are we going to ask the NAM (non-aligned members) to give us the pretext? Those members don’t even like the racist arrangement of veto power.

So, here we are. One official says we’re ready, the other one says we’ll become ready when asked. Why is there so much conflicting B. S.?

Jordan’s king Hussein would be stupid to allow himself to be talked into opening a front for Syria as he would soon be toppled from within.

Mark Thomason

It is their job to plan. It is the unattractive details necessary in a plan which might well talk politicians out of this. I'm glad they completed the plan. I believe it makes a decision for war less likely. All the details are ugly, and the more they are spelled out the better. Otherwise, politicians are blowhards who just say what the loudest group wants to hear, and we know who and what that is.

This is a typical antiwar headline – the spectrum of headlines and thinking is only related to drive war forward.
No time for questions if justified or if it is not a war that was long ago planned – as the wars against Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Afghan. etc. This is a war mongering horizont. I do not know who does control antiwar personally, but I guess it will be similar to the recent renewed take-over of AMNESTY International by the State Department:

Amnesie and lies well known from AMNESTY are now topped by the CV of the new Amnesty boss Suzanne Nossel, that reads like a criminal record.She has been formerly hired by the state department, when she served as Chief Operating Officer for Human Rights Watch.
Her "criminal record" reached from human rights documentation in Bosnia and Kosovo, working for UN "human rights resolutions" on Syria and Libya, to serving as a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, the Center for American Progress and the Council on Foreign Relations. Timley and well fitting human tear stories are assured for the next hate-founded "humanitarian wars" of US-warlord Obama. http://www.amnestyusa.org/about-us/who-we-are/exe…
Who gives them Money pays for death.

mojo

If this women with such broad background, education and experience in what is called "democratic politics-policies" is for the peace and free prisoners of injustice on earth, then why she is not out on the street taking on closure of Guantanamo, freedom of all US prisoners of wars in the US and not a pip by her regarding the illegality of US wars wanting to prosecute the war crimes of George W. Bush and his gangs, why in here blog she is not addressing Hillary Clintons committed relations with dictatorial regimes in Saudi and UAE whom are the supporters of the Terrorism in Syrian war and in Libya and all other US crimes against humanity. Look we have said that from the beginning, US democracy is a manufactured, orchestrated process and these people job is to find more of people who could be fooled by the system. The US democratic party is as manipulated by such personality as Hillary Clinton and before her Madeline Albright where one can openly accuse the party as a link to AIPAC or the Zionism agenda. Amnesty International and Human Watch are the entity of the fooled “liberalism" within the US and EU democratic or social democratic parties, is a political tools for the head of these parties period. Otherwise the leaders of either organizations have no attention to take any legal actions for freeing the US prisoners of wars as Manning and others.

Daisee

It has begun. NATO v Russia/China/Syria/Iran.

Jan Burton

Not surprised that the US military has contingency plans ready. They always do.

Still don't think they'll go to war in Syria though. Too risky.

John Ellis

Keep bluffing Empire — World has you pegged as a paper tiger

And just how is Congress going to come up with the cash for such a world-class war?

First DOD tells us that most of our imperial military is headed for the South Pacific to get fearful submission out of China, now their going to bring it all back to the Middle-East to get fearful submission out of Russia, seems to me that our Empire is most fearful and in submission — to an anxiety driven self-destruction.

Anti_Govt_Rebel

The Constitution requires congressional approval before the nation can go to war.

Did the president request the military to prepare these plans to attack Syria, or did the military do this on their own?

Notice that the administration says it would only attack Syria if the UN Security Council authorizes it. What about Congress? They are the ones that have to grant approval…not the security council.

The president's failure to seek Congressional advice and consent is an impeachable offense in my view.

No mention if Congress was consulted.

Benjacomin Bozart

When the War between the States began the Southrons were angered at the idea of Yankee cowardice in trying to do a sneak attack to start a war. The standard for the brave heroes cheered by the idolatrous flag worshipers today is the same as that used since the Indian Wars. Attack a defenseless civilian population made up mostly old men, women, children, and babies, and slaughter them in their sleep in a dawn attack and call it victory. It worked for most of the murdering cowardly scum generals since John Pope got sent out to murder the Sioux instead of his own Army.

Most authority figures these days seem to be immature sociopathic criminals that should be in jail and not serving as Bishops, Generals, or holders of political office, or policemen. Wall Street as a criminal class is merely an extension of Americas original criminal class, Congress.